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#magic #lovemagic #lovespells #witchcraft #cunningfolk #history #academicchatter #writers #writing #horror #fantasy #fiction

for me, a part of Halloween is empathising, remembering and standing against the persecution of women throughout human history, with accusations of witchcraft a terrible tool in this arsenal

In the town where I live there's a plaque commemorating the last people executed under charges of witchcraft in England

I wrote Coven
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=73qBuUwgDaU&list=OLAK5uy_lbfKHQMzXQBVLqkRZtUN4JfL6QN_xOSXw

in commemoration & solidarity with all of the cunning folk, the midwives et al.

#halloween #music #folkMusic #witch #witchcraft #cunningFolk

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#ancestors #ancestralhealing #animism #landspirits #shamanism #witchcraft #magick #cunningfolk #cunningcraft #magic #Necromancy

#GothicAdvent Day 17:

The #Winter Arch sits on the lonely edge of the #IsleOfWight . It stands in position so that through the #Yule season the sun will always set directly between it. No one knows who maintains it or who originally built it, only that it has been there for as long as anyone can remember.

It is built from driftwood, that is skilfully bound together with rope and wooden pegs. Mysteriously being repaired every summer by the Unknown Crafter (as they are known).

It is said to be used by those who are of the cunning to commune with the Somewhen. They hold parle and present offerings to placate the shades and spectres of the other place. For it is known that the growing of the darkness gives these creature a better hold in the world of things.

Many people have said, when they casually pass through the arch, that is feels like they have passed through something ethereal. Yet others report a sense of dread just be being within a stride of this curious wooden passage.

#Folklore #WyrdWednesday @folklore #ghosts #CunningFolk

#GothicAdvent Day 16:

Wisdom of the Darkness

At this time of the year, #Monday (The Day of the Moon) has a special significance; the shorter the days, the longer the night and in comes the domain of Monē. He is the light that shows us the way until the morning light that colours the darkness with light.

The #CunningFolk say "When we point a light in down a well it only shines a lamp on the darkness beneath. Do not let these tiny, worthless baubles pollute the renewal that comes with Yuletide."

For the Yule is linked both with the night and with the shining embrace of the moon. Yet without the darkness to illuminate, there is not beacon of hope to draw us forward.

@folklore

#mythology #MythologyMonday

#GothicAdvent Day 11:

The Show of Lights

Shades and souls roam far and wide,
In the darkness of the Advent-tide,
Light the candles and set the guards,
Call the spectres to the bone yards.

Close the gates and lock the doors,
Show the lights for you and yours,
To the graves where they rest,
Sleep for all, the souls and blessed.

On this night the #CunningFolk would light candles in #bone yards to bring home #souls who had been wondering far from home. It is time for them to rest once more, as the nights grow longer and longer.

Let the #ghosts and spectres sleep, let them find some rest; their dirt bed call, but their hauntings try to keep them close.

The Show of Lights continued until the #Solstice

#Cemetery #Advent #AdventCalendar #Folklore #WyrdWednesday #Poetry

@folklore @poets @poem_exe